Croce, Inc., is investigating an investment in equipment that would have a useful life of 8...
Croce, Inc., is investigating an investment in equipment that would have a useful life of 7 years. The company uses a discount rate of 8% in its capital budgeting. The net present value of the investment, excluding the salvage value, is - $515,967. To the nearest whole dollar how large would the salvage value of the equipment have to be to make the investment in the equipment financially attractive? (Ignore income taxes.) Click here to view Exhibit 7B-1 and Exhibit...
2. Perkins Corporation is considering several investment proposals, as shown below: Investment Proposal A $136,000 $170,000 $102,000 $127,500 $ 163,200 $ 255,000 $142,800 $288,000 Investment required Present value of future net cash flows If the project profitability index is used, the ranking of the projects from most to least profitable would be: The management of Osborn Corporation is investigating an investment in equipment that would have a useful life of 5 years. The company uses a discount rate of 12%...
The management of Osborn Corporation is investigating an investment in equipment that would have a useful life of 8 years. The company uses a discount rate of 12% in its capital budgeting. The net present value of the investment, excluding the annual cash inflow, is -$407,414. How large would the annual cash inflow have to be to make the investment in the equipment financially attractive? (Ignore income taxes.) Click here to view Exhibit 12B-1 and Exhibit 12B-2, to determine the...
The management of Byrge Corporation is investigating buying a small used aircraft to use in making airborne inspections of its above-ground pipelines. The aircraft would have a useful life of 8 years. The company uses a discount rate of 10% in its capital budgeting. The net present value of the investment, excluding the intangible benefits, is -$448,460. To the nearest whole dollar how large would the annual intangible benefit have to be to make the investment in the aircraft financially...
The management of Byrge Corporation is investigating buying a small used aircraft to use in making airborne inspections of its above-ground pipelines. The aircraft would have a useful life of 5 years. The company uses a discount rate of 12% in its capital budgeting. The net present value of the investment, excluding the intangible benefits, is -$395,250. (Ignore income taxes.) Click here to view Exhibit 12B-1 and Exhibit 12B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided. How...
The management of Hansley Corporation is investigating an investment in equipment that would have a useful life of 5 years. The company uses a discount rate of 18% in its capital budgeting. Good estimates are available for the initial investment and the annual cash operating outflows, but not for the annual cash inflows and the salvage value of the equipment. The net present value of the initial investment and the annual cash outflows is -$273,300. (Ignore income taxes.) Click here...
The management of Byrge Corporation is investigating buying a small used aircraft to use in making airborne inspections of its above-ground pipelines. The aircraft would have a useful life of 4 years. The company uses a discount rate of 20% in its capital budgeting. The net present value of the investment, excluding the intangible benefits, is -$316,440. (Ignore income taxes.) Click here to view Exhibit 7B-1 and Exhibit 7B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables provided. How...
The management of Londo Corporation is investigating buying a small used aircraft to use in making airborne inspections of its above-ground pipelines. The aircraft would have a useful life of 4 years. The company uses a discount rate of 15% in its capital budgeting. The net present value of the investment, excluding the intangible benefits, is −$316,520. (Ignore income taxes in this problem) Click here to view Exhibit 13B-2 to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using tables. How large would...
Ataxia Fitness Center is considering an investment in some additional weight training equipment. The equipment has an estimated useful life of 9 years with no salvage value at the end of the 9 years. Ataxia's internal rate of return on this equipment is 4%. Ataxia's discount rate is also 4%. The payback period on this equipment is closest to (Ignore income taxes.): Click here to view Exhibit 13B-1 and Exhibit 13B-2, to determine the appropriate discount factor(s) using the tables...
2. Devon Corporation uses a discount rate of 8% in its capital budgeting. Partial analysis of an investment in automated equipment with a useful life of 6 years has thus far yielded a net present value of -$502,141. This analysis did not include any estimates of the intangible benefits of automating this process nor did it include any estimate of the salvage value of the equipment. (Ignore income taxes.) Click here to view Exhibit 13B-1 and Exhibit 13B-2 to determine...